Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 17 Sept 2025, 14:22 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Technology Products and Associated Services 3

Authority: Government Commercial Agency (Central government)

Framework agreementGoodsAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£20,000,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 31 Jan 2027from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 30 Jul 2031 · up to 1 Aug 2031 with extensions · starts 31 Jul 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Please be aware that the UK1 Pipeline notice notice was published under OCID ocds-h6vhtk-054f76. Link: www.findtender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082326-2025 ↗

This framework will allow the purchase of off the Shelf (CotS) Hardware (Technology Products), Software, and the required Associated Services:

For Hardware this may be:

Laptops, Mobiles, Tablets, desktop computers,smartphones, all peripherals, monitors, printers, scanners, radio frequency identification equipment and human interface devices, etc collectively broadly described as End User Computing;

Servers, storage, switches, hubs, routers, back up devices, high performance computing, cloud linkage infrastructure, networking or security related hardware etc broadly described as Infrastructure Hardware

Multifunction devices (MFD) such as print devices, as well as mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, dongles and Wireless Routers (MiFi) and accessories.

Tactical Communication Systems: Specialised military grade tactical communication and information systems, including Hardware, software and services.

Assistive Technology or Technology Enabled Care: These products leverage various technologies to enhance safety, convenience, communication, and health management within a home environment.

Hardware can be purchased in combination, outright, delivered as a service, leased, or as a utility model but will all be considered physical devices.

The hardware offering will align to Carbon Net Zero, Sustainability and Circular IT objectives with the framework providing the ability to provide new or refurbished devices.

For Software this may be:

Software including but not limited to; commercial off the shelf software (COTS), open source software software licences.

Software can be purchased full box or under subscription.

Associated Services

Are typically in conjunction with or in the support of hardware and software and could be; design,implementation, end user support, continuation of associated services, support and maintenance, build, imaging, warranty, service desk, installation, project management, training, leasing, security management, asset management, network infrastructure management, device as a service, recycling, disposal, data cleansing etc.

Recycling services and extended / non OEM support will be available as part of this to extend life or ensure optimal disposal aligned to CNZ, Sustainability and circular IT objectives.

Scope will be finalised after market engagement.

CPV: Computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy services · Computer equipment and supplies · Computer hardware acceptance testing consultancy services · Computer-site planning consultancy services · Data security software development services · Hardware consultancy services · Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services · Hardware installation services · Hardware selection consultancy services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Information systems or technology planning services · Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services · +45 more

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 31 Jul 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Technology Products and Associated Services 3” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Government Commercial Agency runs Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222) tenders for its clients, and who usually turns up

Government Commercial Agency procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerGovernment Commercial Agency · all its clients
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 7 known-size awards · market: CPV 7222 · North West England, n=5
14%0%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 8 known-location awards · market: CPV 7222 · UK-wide, n=41
0%17%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside North West England.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 22 decided notices · market: CPV 7222 · UK-wide, n=10
138 days136 days

Half of these awards were announced within 138 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 1 of 5 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7222 · UK-wide, n=40
20%65%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer133 lots with bid counts · all categories
7% had one bid
The market33 lots with bid counts · CPV 7222 · UK-wide
3% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid7% / 3%
Buyer: 9 of 133 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 33 lots with published bid counts.
2–354% / 27%
Buyer: 72 of 133 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 33 lots with published bid counts.
4–65% / 24%
Buyer: 6 of 133 lots with published bid counts. Market: 8 of 33 lots with published bid counts.
7+35% / 45%
Buyer: 46 of 133 lots with published bid counts. Market: 15 of 33 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.

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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Our matching links this notice to “Technology Services 4” of this authority, but none of the 14 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.

Lot #1CPV 722248 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£20bn
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 21 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet5% single-bid risk
Past bids on 21 similar lots
1 bid5%
1 of 21 similar past lots received 1 bid (5%).
2–343%
9 of 21 similar past lots received 2–3 (43%).
4–629%
6 of 21 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+24%
5 of 21 similar past lots received 7+ (24%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Fujitsu Services LtdEarlier contractTechnology Services 4started Dec 2025Lot 6. Major Technology Services Transformation Programmes—Matched as the earlier contract
Softcat PlcEarlier contractTechnology Services 4started Dec 2025Lot 6. Major Technology Services Transformation Programmes—Matched as the earlier contract
Block Solutions LimitedEarlier contractTechnology Services 4started Dec 2025Lot 6. Major Technology Services Transformation Programmes—Matched as the earlier contract
KPMGEarlier contractTechnology Services 4started Dec 2025Lot 6. Major Technology Services Transformation Programmes—Matched as the earlier contract
Softwerx LtdEarlier contractTechnology Services 4started Dec 2025Lot 1 - Technology and Digital Consultancy Services—Matched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

What this replaces
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

43% title match.

A past supplier may not bid again.

The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (43% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid

Technology Services 4, winner not published; the published contract ends 11 Jun 2028.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Sept 2025, 14:22 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 13:00 BST
Authority reference
RM6398
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090116
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy servicesComputer equipment and suppliesComputer hardware acceptance testing consultancy servicesComputer-site planning consultancy servicesData security software development servicesHardware consultancy servicesHardware disaster-recovery consultancy servicesHardware installation servicesHardware selection consultancy servicesIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
+47 moreInformation systems or technology planning servicesInformation systems or technology strategic review and planning services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059c51 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

17 Sept 2025 → 31 Jul 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published399 days ago
    17 Sept 2025, 14:22 BST
  2. Latest notice published28 days ago
    23 Sept 2026, 13:00 BST
  3. Market engagement20 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

    RM6398 TePAS 3 webpage : www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6398 ↗

    We shall be holding our first supplier event at TechUK on the 20th October 2025. We shall discuss the existing agreement and gather supplier feedback to help us build the future agreement.

    We will also be conducting customer webinars. These dates will be confirmed shortly.

  4. Today
    21 Oct 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 103 days
    31 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 283 days
    31 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

7 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Sept 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Sept 2025, 14:22 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Sept 2025, 10:17 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    20 Jan 2026, 14:25 GMT
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Feb 2026, 09:55 GMT
    UK2
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Apr 2026, 16:23 BST
    UK2
  6. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Apr 2026, 09:10 BST
    UK2
  7. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 13:00 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Text added to description stating that the UK1 Pipeline notice notice was published under OCID ocds-h6vhtk-054f76

Routine re-releases (7)
  • 2026-02: 1 release · 5 Feb 2026
  • 2026-01: 1 release · 20 Jan 2026
  • 2025-09: 2 releases · 17 Sept 2025, 18 Sept 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Government Commercial Agency

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBZB-4962-TVLR 9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, North West, L3 9PPContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure